The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox 1976  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Goldie Hawn, George Segal, Conrad Janis, Thayer David, Roy Jenson, Robert F. Hoy, Jennifer Lee, Sid Gould, Richard Farnsworth, Jerry Willis
An unlikely couple–the Duchess (Goldie Hawn) and the Dirtwater Fox (George Segal)–make off with $40,000 stolen from bank robbers. The robbers follow in pursuit as the couple joins a wagon train of Mormons on their way to Salt Lake City. This film has some funny moments.
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The Happy Hooker 1975 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Nicholas Soarro
Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Elizabeth Wilson, Tom Poston, Lovelady Powell, Nicholas Pryor, Conrad Janis, George Dzundza, Vincent Schiavelli, Mason Adams
This film, based on Xaviera Hollander's autobiography, tells the story of a prostitute (Lynn Redgrave) who improves her lot in life and becomes one of New York's leading madams.
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1973  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Roddy McDowall, Sebastian Cabot, Suzanne Davidson, Jim Backus, Tom Bosley, David Doyle, James Gregory, Roland Winters, Conrad Janis, Ellen Weston, Burt Mustin, Jason Wingreen, Liam Dunn
This TV remake of the 1947 classic follows the former movie closely, with Sebastian Cabot in the role of Kris Kringle who is hired to play Santa Claus during the Christmas season at Macy's. Kris becomes friends with Macy's manager Karen Walker (Jane Alexander), her young daughter Susan (Susan Davidson), and their neighbor Bill (David Hartman). Kris claims that he is the real Santa Claus and tries to convince Susan that her mother is wrong and that Santa Claus really does exist. This leads to a sanity hearing where Kris must convince both a court and Susan that he is, indeed, the real Santa. Again remade in 1994. 1 User Review
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| | lois copeland 03/12/2007 | It has been a long time since I have veiwed this move in Canada.
From what I remember it was a great movie and if enyone has a copy I would like to purchase one loiscope227@hotmail.com |
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 Mr. Saturday Night 1992  R, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Crystal
Cast: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner, Helen Hunt, Jerry Lewis, Mary Mara, Jerry Orbach, Ron Silver, Conrad Janis, Sage Allen
This film chronicles 50 years in the life of Jewish comedian Buddy Young Jr. (Billy Crystal). Although he worked in every area from the Catskills to Las Vegas, he realizes that he never REALLY made it. David Paymer was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor.
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Oh, God! Book II 1980  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: George Burns, David Birney, Suzanne Pleshette, Hans Conried, Louanne, Howard Duff, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Anthony Holland, Conrad Janis
George Burns is back in his role of God. In this sequel, God talks to a little girl and tells her to help him make the world regain interest in him.
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Roseland 1977  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Joan Copeland, Helen Gallagher, Lou Jacobi, Louise Kirtland, Lilia Skala, Christopher Walken, Teresa Wright, Conrad Janis
Set in NYC's famous Roseland Ballroom, this trilogy reveals insight into the lives of lonely people who come together for dancing and hopes of companionship.
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That Hagen Girl 1947 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell, Dorothy Peterson, Conrad Janis, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Charles Kemper, Penny Edwards, Harry Davenport, Nella Walker
This film is chock-full of sentimentality. It is the story about whether or not Tom Bates (Ronald Reagan) REALLY is Mary Hagen's (Shirley Temple) birth father, and it's really poor.
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The Virginia Hill Story 1974 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, John Vernon, Herbert Anderson, Robby Benson, John Quade, Liam Dunn, Conrad Janis, Tom Reese
Told in flashback as she is testifying, this is the story of Hollywood starlet Virginia Hill (Dyan Cannon) who was the lover of Mafia gangster Bugsy Siegel (Harvey Keitel). Siegel went into debt opening a gambling casino in Las Vegas, upset opponents, and was murdered by rival mobsters.
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| 1. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
2. The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
3. The Happy Hooker (1975)
4. Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
5. Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
6. Oh, God! Book II (1980)
7. Roseland (1977)
8. That Hagen Girl (1947)
9. The Virginia Hill Story (1974)
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